Boxer Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom or Mary Kom, as she is popularly known, has become the first Indian woman boxer to win a gold at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. Two years ago during the London Olympics, she spoke to Women Talk Online about her dreams and the trials she went through to achieve them.

When in 2000 at Sydney, weightlifter Karnam Malleswari became India’s first woman Olympic medalist, it was indeed a historic moment. Two decades later, several Indian women athletes are going to London with a dream of shattering Malleswari’s bronze effort. Boxer Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom or Mary Kom, as she is popularly known, is the brightest of them all.